Filed Date: June 3, 2026
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[This summary is temporary while we research the case]. This putative class action was filed on June 3, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Todd W. Blanche in his official capacity as Acting Attorney General of the United States. The plaintiffs were two employees of the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) who had disabilities, and both had been granted full-time telework as a reasonable accommodation under Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act and consistently received excellent performance reviews while doing so. Following President Trump's January 20, 2025 Return to In-Person Work Memorandum, EOIR implemented a policy and practice of predetermining that telework is never an appropriate reasonable accommodation. Afterward, both plaintiffs had their telework renewal requests denied. The plaintiffs brought three counts under Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act: one on behalf of the proposed class challenging the no-telework policy, and one for each of the individual named plaintiffs. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, compensatory damages, restoration of used leave, attorneys' fees, and a jury trial.
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(6/14/2026)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73438118/parties/panian-v-blanche/
Carroll, Catherine Mary (Virginia)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73438118/panian-v-blanche/
Last updated June 21, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
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Trump Administration 2.0: Challenges to the Government
Key Dates
Filing Date: June 3, 2026
Case Details
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Eastern District of Virginia 1:26-cv-01537
Case Summary of Panian v. Blanche, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/48210/ (last updated 6/14/2026).